Bond reduced for man accused of threatening judge, court staff
A Butler man accused of threatening district court staff members and a magistrate saw his case move forward to county Common Pleas Court following a preliminary hearing Tuesday, July 25.
Matthew P. Dec, 54, was arrested June 6 in relation to a threatening phone call police said he made that afternoon to Kevin O’Donnell’s district court office in Sunnyview Circle.
Witnesses said during testimony Tuesday that Dec made various threats toward the staff and District Judge Lewis Stoughton, used racial slurs, and called court employees communists.
